Is Mecca a boy or girl name?

Mecca is a unisex name. Of the 3,118 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 73.4% were girls and 26.6% were boys. It changed hands in 2021, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Mecca

Recorded 1952–2025 · United States

Mecca was most popular in 2023, when 164 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,558 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,686, with 94 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,118 people named Mecca.

Mecca over time

Births per year. The dot marks Mecca’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Mecca a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Mecca is a unisex name — 73.4% of the 3,118 Americans given it were girls and 26.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 2021 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 40% girls and 60% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Mecca

Where Mecca is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org